Tag Archives: David Madore

Here is Councilor David Madore’s verbal attack at me during Tuesday’s Clark County Council meeting, where the council was discussing ratifying clean water fees. I received a lot of messages and notes afterward so I wanted to respond and provide a verbatim account. I edited two small items for clarity, included in parentheses. This conversation followed a […]

In case it wasn’t clear before, the Clark County council chair we’re all voting for is a new position. Yes, there is a current chair. Yes, the chair leads meetings. But this August and November, voters are, for the very first time, electing a chair of the county board due to the home-rule county charter […]

Update: I checked Councilor David Madore’s endorsement page shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday. All individuals mentioned below have been removed. I’m not entirely sure how Councilor David Madore is choosing to list his endorsements for his Clark County council chair campaign. Neither, apparently, do some of those who appear on that list. Scott Dalesandro emailed The Columbian […]

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about the new code enforcement officer for quarries falling to the Department of Environmental Services? Turns out it will be in DES. Last we heard anything three weeks ago, Acting County Manager Mark McCauley was going to take a look at the job description for the proposed […]

Clark County Councilor David Madore’s campaign for Clark County council chair, the at-large position newly created after the county voted to approve the home-rule charter last November, is on full blast. Chances are you saw the glossy, double-sided insert Madore, a Republican, took out last week in The Reflector, the Camas-Washougal Post-Record and, most surprisingly, […]

The sweltering temperatures prompted Clark County councilors to discuss heat safety during this week’s board of health meeting. The conversation started out innocent enough. Councilor Jeanne Stewart was curious what role Clark County Public Health would play in promoting hot-weather safety during the heat wave. Dr. Alan Melnick, the department director and county health officer, […]

Councilor Tom Mielke did something I’ve never heard him do before: he encouraged better communication with the press. Wait. Stop the presses. Mielke, who so rarely returns my phone calls and refuses to answer my questions, wants improved relationships with the press? Has anyone seen my jaw? I seemed to have dropped it. During board […]

The Clark County council is not one to miss a photo op, but Tuesday’s was, perhaps, my favorite. The council proclaimed June 22 to 28 Recycled Arts Week in Clark County, leading up to the Recycled Arts Festival on June 27 and 28. The festival, which according to the proclamation is the Vancouver Downtown Association’s “Favorite Downtown Event,” celebrates its tenth […]

My move to Clark County is complete. I’ve officially been banned from Councilor David Madore’s Facebook. I’m not the first Columbian reporter whose ability to ask questions has been shut down by the councilor, and many loyal readers of APIL have also been prevented from criticizing or questioning him. I’ve posted to Madore’s Facebook before […]

Clark County Councilor David Madore has the occasional habit of providing a definition to make a point, so let me take a page from his book. Hate speech is any way of communicating in a way that offends, threatens or insults a group based on race, color, religion, country of origin, sexual orientation, disability or […]